A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

After assembling the two centrifuges, Jiang Xia unfolded the scanner again. Hmm! Except for the bearing, which is still a bit lacking, everything else is definitely green.

"Clear the area! The first test run of the centrifuge under no-load conditions begins!"

Although Jiang Xia has confirmed that the two centrifuges can operate perfectly, he can't possibly check every machine for subsequent production; there are just too many things to do!

Therefore, following the testing protocol he devised, it is still necessary to go through the process.

"The first process test of the gas centrifuge has begun!"

"Environmental inspection begins!" Ma Weihong, holding the inspection record book, suppressed the smile that Jiang Xia had just brought when he announced the successful assembly, and began to be meticulous.

"Make sure the centrifuge is installed in a stable position! There should be no strong vibrations or electromagnetic interference in the vicinity!" As she spoke, Ma Weihong began to check the box next to the first item in the test.

Wearing his reading glasses, Ma Zhendong conducted the inspection with a serious expression before ticking off his review comments.

"Equipment inspection begins!"

"The equipment has no external damage, and all components are securely installed! The power cord is good! The safety features are good!"

"Power-on check begins!"

Jiang Xia nodded in satisfaction as he watched everyone proceed with the inspection according to the detailed guidelines.

This was the first team he had personally trained to have a standardized process mindset. Once there's a spark, this kind of thing can grow on its own.

He beckoned Tie Jun over: "Proceed according to plan. Once the machines are running smoothly, have the Ministry of Chemical Industry bring their testing equipment to take a look. Oh, and the Ministry of Petroleum, ask them to send over some natural gas..."

"Okay, don't worry! But why deliver natural gas? Can't you use coal gas?"

"Idiot, of course we're checking the separation effect. Are you trying to blow us all up to the sky by using gas?"

Yes, although he doesn't have uranium hexafluoride available for testing right now, natural gas is different. If multiple gases can be separated from it, it means the gas centrifuge is a success!

After all, methane in natural gas, due to its lower density, will naturally move towards the center of the centrifuge, while heavier hydrocarbons such as ethane, propane, and butane will move towards the outer edge.

This separation process is actually quite similar to the separation process of key elements, and it is relatively safe to conduct experiments.

At the same time, the chemical and petroleum sectors were included because centrifuges also play a significant role in these two industries.

Putting everything else aside, just getting a modified centrifuge would double Wang Tie's efficiency, who's still drilling holes everywhere.

For drilling fluids, using a centrifuge to separate the solid particles in the mud and reduce the viscosity of the mud would improve drilling efficiency, wouldn't it?

Furthermore, neither the associated natural gas in Karamay nor Daqing has been utilized. In Karamay, they simply connected several pipes to disperse it into the air, while in Daqing, they installed a flare...

What a waste!

Don't you want to use it? Of course not, it's just that the technology isn't there yet.

It's important to know that methane separated from natural gas is a valuable resource. It can be burned directly, used as a refrigerant, and can produce acetylene through chemical reactions.

Acetylene is an important raw material for synthesizing polymer materials such as rubber, plastics, and fibers.

Jiangxia has already planned out the future applications of methane itself.

That's a gas turbine!

In this way, the scope of the centrifuge is expanded, and it can also be disguised as a civilian product, thus concealing its true intentions beneath the surface.

Don't forget that when a country increased the number of centrifuges in later generations, it immediately drew criticism from the international community!

I'm so clever! Killing three birds with one stone! Uh, no, it seems like more than three, maybe five, six, seven, or even eight?

Jiang Xia was shamelessly smug, his little ahoge sticking up high.

Alright, let them do the testing themselves. The technicians from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications are still waiting for him.

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As he pondered how many eagles he had shot with that arrow, Little Ao Mao quickly returned to his office.

I peeked out and...hey?

Why is there no one here?

Well, it's not exactly deserted. Secretary Liu was in the room using a feather duster to sweep away some "invisible" dust.

"Brother, weren't some people from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications looking for me? Where are they?!"

"You put them in the main conference room! I'm not saying this to criticize you, but from now on, don't put all those cats and dogs in your office!" Secretary Liu said sternly, holding up a hand to Jiang Xia to indicate the manuscript he was organizing.

"What? The manuscript is all organized? Why are you waving a blank sheet of paper in front of me?"

Secretary Liu took a pencil and lightly scribbled a few strokes on Jiangxia's draft paper, leaving faint marks on the paper.

"Silly! You write with such strong hand strength and such perfect handwriting. You need to write cursive like a doctor..."

"Hey, isn't that what we need? You guys are here! Now, you can keep sweeping the dust!"

Jiang Xia rummaged around under his desk, found the notes he had copied last night, and waved to Secretary Liu.

"While that's true, your level of trust... well, never mind, next time I'll teach you more about the importance of always being wary of others..."

Secretary Liu was still being sarcastic, but his eyes were squinting with happiness, making him look exceptionally radiant.

"Tsk, we're all comrades, what's there to be wary of? Let's go to Old Mo's tonight! It's on me. Minister Xia gave us a bunch of tickets, I thought he was being generous."

"But when I checked, it was expiring tomorrow!"

In the large conference room, the researchers from the post office, who had been waiting for a long time, couldn't take their eyes off the documents in Jiang Xia's hands. Several large sheets of drawings not only included the architecture diagram of the space division switch, but also had the information principles annotated on the side.

"It was worth the wait!"

The schematic diagram of a space division switch is not complicated.

In terms of the switching network, Jiang Xia did not use the space switch (S switch) of later generations, since that thing requires a control memory, that is, ROM. What he has now developed is a crossbar switching network.

These researchers had all come into contact with the crossbar switching network when it was being copied from the Russian Type 47.

However, compared to figuring things out on my own, Xiao Jiang's drawings were much more reassuring. He even provided explanations on the side about why the design was done that way.

copy!

Write it down first!

The researchers from the post office were specifically brought in to enable direct communication with France. They actually belong to different departments; for example, that older researcher, wasn't he a radar specialist?

Since they belong to different organizations, neither of them can easily take the original document away. The only solution is to rely on a pen and paper – better to write it down first!

Moreover, the explanation of the principles here seems to have opened a door to truth for those who have always known what it is but not why it is.

"Hey you, move your head to the side, you're blocking the blueprints!"

"Stop messing around! This circuit diagram is too ingenious. Look at where this relay is installed..."

"I told you to copy the book, and you even started researching it. If you won't write, move to another spot..."

"Don't grab it! You guys copy the ones at the back first, I'll just copy this one first..."

"Alright! Stop arguing. You're all grown up, don't make a fool of yourselves in front of Xiao Jiang!"

Jiang Xia chuckled and said, "It's alright, keep going, I enjoy watching!"

Looking at these people in front of him, each one of whom was someone he would have looked up to in his past life, yet now they were copying books in front of him?

Hehehe, why am I feeling a little smug?

The dissemination of written texts is not as convenient as it would be in later times. Jiang Xia had already taken this into consideration, so he wrote each character extremely neatly in order to eliminate any errors in the information.

The saying "a small difference can lead to a huge error" is no joke.

However, shouldn't we get the printer fixed? After all, methane is a raw material for making carbon black.

With carbon black used, isn't it only natural that the printer would be produced? Besides, with the network protocol already in place, the modem can't just sit idle. A maximum speed of 28K is more than enough, absolutely more than enough!

After thinking it over, Jiang Xia became rational again, and the pen in his hand began to move incessantly.

The conference room was quiet, with everyone engrossed in copying books on one side and Jiang Xia writing and drawing on the other.

Secretary Liu, who came in to pour tea, saw Jiang Xia drawing again and gently approached to take a look: "A design concept for a dot matrix printer based on the principle of mechanical impact (networked version)."

Let's look at the next drawing: "A printing mechanism based on electrostatic latent image fixing using laser scanning technology."

Damn it, bro, the first one was okay, but what's this next one?

Luckily, those people were copying from the book, otherwise someone else would have had to memorize it!